Clothespole



B. TRENT I Jan. 29, 1924.

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CLOTHESPOLIE.

Application ledMarch 14, 1922. Serial No. 543,683.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN TRENT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Lakeview, in the county of Passaic and State of NewJersey, have invented anew and Improved Clothespole, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes poles, an object ofthe invention being to provide a clothes line supporting device of thischaracter so constructed that a line held thereby will not slip, andembodying structural details which prevent the accidental falling orblowing down of the same.

A further object is to provide a clothes pole which will be simple andpractical in construction, strong and durable in use, and capable ofbeing manufactured with comparative economy.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofpartsas will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a fragmentary view in side elevation of the upper end of myimproved pole; f

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof; and

Figure 3 is a broken view in side elevation of the pole.

Referring in detail to the drawings, I have usedl the reference numerall to designate a clothes pole, preferably of wood provided at its lowerend with a ferrule 2 and a spike 3 driven into the lower end of the poleand extending below the ferrule to prevent slipping of the pole upon theSoil or upon ice.

The principal novelty resides in the construction of the upper end ofthe pole which is formed with a circular socket l therein. A transverseslot 5 extending from side to side of the pole intersects the socket t.A rust-proof pin or spike 6 is driven into the bottom of the socket 4and its upper end -is level with the top of the pole. This pin may bemade of fiber, galvanized iron, or any other suitable vrust-proofmaterial.

It will be noted that the lower end 7 of the slot 5 is substantially thesame width as the spike 6, while this slot at its upper end widensappreciably, as indicated at 8, the slot and socket being ofsubstantially the same width at their upper ends. Rounded shoulders 9are provided at the lower end of the socket, said shoulders curvinggradually into the walls of the slot, so that there are no rough orsharp corners in the socket or slot.

The manner of attaching a line l1 to the top of the pole is by slippingthe same into the slot 5 and pulling the same downwardly until the linerests on the bottom of the socket and slot. As the line is pulleddownwardly, the pin 6 will serve to offset a portion of the line, orform a kink therein, as indicated at l0. In other words, the pin and onewall of the slot will exert a binding action upon the line. The ferruleprevents the pole from slipping on the ground and the novel constructionof the upper end of the pole tightly holds a line so there is absolutelyno danger of the pole falling and resulting in the soiling of clotheswhich may be carried on the line.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general formand arrangement of the parts described without departing from theinvention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precisedetails set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make suchslight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit andscope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A clothes pole having a longitudinally extending socket in one endthereof, and slots in opposite sides thereof conimunicating with saidsocket, said slots extending to the end of said pole and the side wallsthereof diverging outwardly at the upper ends thereof and for a portionof their lengths,

and a pin mounted in the pole and extend- 95 ing centrally from; theinner end of said socket and in alignment with said slots.

BENJAMIN TRENT.

